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B.C. minister Shane Simpson responsible for cross-ministry effort to help vulnerable in Downtown Eastside

Memo to would-be thieves: Police officers don’t much like it when you steal from front-line health-care workers. The New Westminster Police Department is investigating a theft at Royal Columbian Hospital. On Tuesday, April 14 at about 2:45 a.m.

3.1% tax increase and 1% emergency levy being proposed

Domestic violence is on the rise as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. That’s according to Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers, which is urging anyone with information on any specific case of domestic abuse to call and provide anonymous information.

Vancouver-based radiologists are at the helm of an international study that aims to better predict the presence of COVID-19 using CT scans. “We know the lungs of COVID-19 patients are white and hazy, like a white-out or blizzard,” said Dr.

Fresh food. Just because there is a pandemic doesn’t mean people in Metro Vancouver shouldn’t have access to fresh and nutritious food.

In an effort to keep private conversations as private as possible on social media, WhatsApp announced on April 7 that they will be introducing a new feature to limit the number of times a message, that isn’t from a close contact, can be forwarded.

The term the public has heard throughout the COVID-19 crisis has been “temporary” – a word that gives people hope that this will all end.

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